The story of a love is not important. What is important is that one is capable of love. It is perhaps the only glimpse we are permitted of eternity. - Helen Hayes

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The story of a love is not important. What is important is that one is capable of love. It is perhaps the only glimpse we are permitted of eternity.

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About Helen Hayes

Helen Hayes MacArthur (née Brown; 10 October 1900 – 17 March 1993) was an American actress whose career spanned 80 years. She eventually received the nickname "First Lady of American Theatre" and was one of 16 people who have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony Award (an EGOT). She was also the first person to win the Triple Crown of Acting; as of December 2020, the only other person to have accomplished both is Rita Moreno. Hayes also received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America's highest civilian honor, from President Ronald Reagan in 1986.

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Alternative Names: Helen Hayes Brown Helen Hayes MacArthur
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Love is perhaps the only glimpse we are permitted of eternity.

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From your parents you learn love and laughter and how to put one foot before the other. But when books are opened you discover that you have wings.

We are indeed a strange lot! There are times we doubt that we have any emotions we can honestly call our own. I have approached every dynamic scene change in my life the same way. When I married Charlie MacArthur, I sat down and wondered how I could play the best wife that ever was.... My love for him was the truest thing in my life; but it was still important that I love him with proper effect, that I act loving him with great style, that I achieve the ultimate in wifedom.

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